Gift wrapping package



April 14, 1936. W H LE S mamas I GIFT WRAPPING PACKAGE i Filed April 13, 1955 lmnmmmlmm Patented Apr. 14, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application April 13,

4 Claims.

7 This invention relates to a unitary gift wrapping package.

Ihe invention has for an object to provide a novel commercial package for the materials commonly used for the purpose of wrapping a relatively small number and at least an individual article, such as a gift, and in which the essential materials for such purpose are assembled in and operatively supported by a novel holder and in a novel manner adapted to enable such materials to be displayed efficiently and to provide a commercial package which may be sold to provide the materials necessary for wrapping up at least an individual article, such as a Wedding, shower, graduation, Christmas, or party gift.

A further object of the invention .is to provide a novel and efficient holder for use in connection with the production of the aboveemen- 2.0 tioned unitary gift wrapping package.

With these general objects in view, and such others as may hereinafter appear, the invention consists in thegift wrapping package and in the holder hereinafter described and particularly defined, in the claims at the end .of this specification.

In the drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention, Fig. -1 is afront elevation of the unitary ,gift wrapping package; Fig.

2 is a front elevation of the holder; Fig. .3 is a rear elevation of the holder, with the ribbon, seals and cards supported in operative position therein; Figs. 4 and 5 are front elevations .of a card of the ribbon and a. seal respectively; and Figs. 6 and 7 are .details in plan and section respectively illustrating one .form of locking .tab for securing together the free ends of theholder.

'In general, the presentinvention contemplates the provision of a novel package comprising a. holder in which the essential materialsfor wrapping a relatively small number and at least one individual article, such as a gift, are .assembled and supported in anovel manner adapted todisplay such materials, .and toenable thematerials making up the unitary package to be sold :in .a convenient and eificient manner to enable one topurchase the essential materials ;for wrapping up anindividual article, such asa gift. JOne feature of the invention resides in the novel .holder for use in connection with the production of the novel unitary package.

Referring to the drawing, the different features of the invention are illustrated as embodied in a gift wrapping package comprising a holder or wrapper within which *a sufiicient amountof paper inconvenient form is operatively supported in such manner as to display portions of the paper. The holder further has upon its face provision for operatively support- 1935,, Serial No. 16,167

ing a card of ribbon, twine or string, such as tinsel ribbon, in sufiicient amount to tie a gift or other article wr pped with the paper. The ribbon is operatively secured in the holder in such manner as to display a. portion of the ribbon to; the end that the customer or purchaser of the unitary package may select the type and color of the paper and the ribbon desired.

I For most gift purposes it is desirable to include a card, such as a Christmas card, birthday card, or the like, for conveying a message to the recipient of the gift, and accordingly it is preferred to arrange and so construct the holder as to operatively support at least one card thereon in such position as to display the card thereby enabling the purchaser .of the gift wrapping package to select a gift Wrapping package having the type of card desired.

Another desirable and in many instances essential material commonly utilized in connection with the wrapping of gifts and other articles comprises one or moreseals for assisting :in the completion of the Wrapping of the article .and for decorative purposes, and accordingly it is preferred to so construct the holder as .to operatively support a sufiicient quantity of .seals thereon in such manner as to display the characterof seal.

In the drawing, which as above stated illustrates the preferred form of gift wrapping package, Ill represents the holder herein shown ,as comprising a cardboard Wrapper of a sufficient lengthto extend aroundand form in effect a sleeve for the reception of a sufficient quantity of wrapping paper 1 2, preferably .folded .into the form illustrated in Fig. 1. The free ends of the holder aresecured together to form the sleeve, and as herein shown, provision ismade for detachablysecuring such free ends of the holder together by ,afastening tab 1 6 adapted .to extend through a slit I! in the second free end .of the holder, and a locking tab 20, as best shown .in detail in Figs. 16 and 7, is arrangedto restrain the free ends from detachment during the normal use of the holder in retaining the paper andother essential elements of the unitary gift wrapping package. If desired the free ends of the holder may be cemented or otherwise'secured together.

In order to display the ribbon, twine, or similar material which isusually used intying up a gift or other article wrapped with the paper I2, the centra'Lportion of the holder is, as herein shown, provided with two slots 22, 24 spaced apart and through which'the usualribbon card 26 may be extended in "a manner .illustrated'in Figs. 1 and 3, so that a substantial portion of the card and ribbon is visible upon the face of the holder and package and enables a customer or purchaser to easily determine whether the particular character of ribbon is the one desired, it being understood that in the commercial use of the present invention the individual gift wrapping packages will be assembled with different types of the essential materials going into the wrapping and tying of an individual article. The card 26 may and preferably will have wound thereon a sufficient length of ribbon or the like to enable at least one gift or other article to be tied up.

In order to operatively support one or more seals upon the holder, the face of the holder is out along the lines 30, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to form a series of retaining tabs 32 under which the stack of seals may be placed to be retained by the holder in the position shown and to be visible upon the face of the holder. The central portion 34 of the seal holder formed by slitting the holder along the lines 30 of Fig. 2 serves as a backing member to retain the seals from displacement in- Wardly.

In order to retain one or more message cards upon the holder, the latter may be slit, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, to form a central backing member 49 for the cards secured to the holder by two upper tabs'42, 43 and two end tabs 44, 45. The holder is as herein shown cut to form lower tabs 41, 48, which are detached from the backing member 40 to enable one or more cards 49 to be slipped in between the backing member and the corner portions 50 of the holder. The tabs 41, 48 engage the rear face of the card and serve to detachably hold the card in operative position on the holder.

From the description thus far it will be observe-d that the present invention provides a unitary package including a holder and a sulficient amount of wrapping paper to wrap up a relatively small number of articles, and at least an individual article, such as a gift, operatively supported in the holder, and also including a sufficient length of ribbon to tie up the article or articles thus wrapped. For most purposes it is preferred to so construct the holder as to enable it to operatively support and hold a plurality of seals and also at least one message card, and the package thus produced finds particular use in that it pro-' vides in one assembly all of the essential materials for wrapping up and tying up an individual article, such as a gift, or a relatively small number of articles such as a pair of gloves, and these packages may be sold as individual units at a moderate price and eliminates the necessity of a customer purchasing a whole roll of ribbon or an excessive amount of paper, seals or cards. Prior to the present invention, if one went into a store to purchase the essential materials for wrapping up an individual gift, it was necessary to purchase the individual materials in quantities far in excess of that actually needed for wrapping and tying up an individual gift.

While one feature of the invention resides in the unitary package, another feature of the invention resides in the novel holder itself for use in the production of the present package.

As used throughout the specification and claims, the term ribbon is intended to include twine and other materials commonly used for tying up a gift, and the term card is intended to include various forms thereof, including tags. The term length employed in the claims relative to the ribbon card and face of the sleeve is intended to mean the dimension of the ribbon card and face of the sleeve in a direction corresponding to a vertical direction in Figure 2 of the drawing irrespective of whether this is the major dimension of the face or ribbon card.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been herein illustrated and described, it

will be understood that the invention may be embodied in other forms within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:--

l. A flat unitary package for materials for wrapping at least one article, such as a gift, comprising a folded length of wrapping material, a sleeve around said wrapping material having spaced transversely extending slits in one face thereof, and a ribbon card having a length of ribbon mounted thereon and having its opposite ends extending through said slits so as to expose at least a portion of said ribbon between said slits, said ribbon card being substantially the same length as said face of said sleeve whereby said ribbon card stiffens said package.

2. A flat unitary package for materials for wrapping at least one article, such as a gift, comprising a folded length of wrapping material, a sleeve around said wrapping material having spaced transversely extending slits in one face thereof, and a ribbon card having a length of ribbon mounted thereon and having its opposite ends extending through said slits so as to expose at least a portion of said ribbon between said slits, said face of said sleeve being provided with means for detachably supporting at least one message card and seal, said ribbon card being substantially the same length as said face of said sleeve whereby said ribbon card stiffens said package.

3. A flat unitary package for materials for wrapping at least one article, such as a gift, comprising a folded piece of wrapping material, a sleeve around said wrapping material having spaced transversely extending slits in one face thereof, and a ribbon card having a length of ribbon wound thereon and having its opposite ends extending through said slits into the interior of said sleeve so as to expose an intermediate portion of said card and ribbon between said slits, said face of said sleeve being provided with means for detachably supporting a message card with at least a portion thereof exposed, said ribbon card being substantially the same length as said face of said sleeve whereby said card stiifens said package.

4. A fiat unitary package for materials for wrapping at least one article, such as a gift, comprising a folded length of wrapping material, a sleeve around said wrapping material having spaced transversely extending slits in one face thereof, said face of said sleeve being of less area than the folded length of wrapping material so as to expose a portion of said wrapping material, and a ribbon card having a length of ribbon mounted thereon and having its opposite ends extending through said slits into the interior of said sleeve so as to expose at least a portion of said ribbon between said slits, the ends of said ribbon card extending a substantial distance from said slits in each direction under said face whereby said card stiffens said package.

WILLIAM H. LEES. 

